Evapotranspiration and crop coefficients for seepage-irrigated watermelon with plastic mulch in a sub-tropical region

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1017-1028

  Shukla, S ^a   Shrestha, N K ^a   Goswami, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Drainage lysimeters; FAO 56; Irrigation; Soil evaporation; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ERRORS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICS; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY; WETTING;

CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FAO-56; GROWING DEGREE DAYS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL EVAPORATIONS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; MULCH; SEEPAGE; TRANSPIRATION; VINE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84904322765     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: 21510040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.57.10604     Document Type: Article

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